In an interview with the Washington Post

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Date & time Jun 13 '20
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Megaomgchen
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In an interview with Animal Crossing Items the Washington Post, the game's producer, Aya Kyogoku, said the decision to eliminate gender restrictions from Animal Crossing would be to"create a game where consumers did not really have to consider sex, or if they wanted to consider gender, they are also able to."

That's why, in the beginning of the match, the player is asked to"select a style," but they could change their mind later and make their character seem as gendered or androgynous as they desire. But, there are marked differences between the Western variant and Japanese release.The Western release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons might be celebrated because of its progressive take on sex as well as the LGBTQ+ community, but the Japanese release was criticized for its contrary.

As this Twitter user pointed out, when creating their personality, Japanese players are asked to choose whether they identify as a"boy" or"girl" as opposed to deciding on a"style." Furthermore, non-player characters that cite using a same-sex partner (such as the beaver personality, C.J.) rather refer to them as a"friend" in the Japanese edition.

Though the gender slider has no effect on gameplay, its addition speaks to the differences in LGBTQ endorsement between the East and West. Hopefully, greater sex acceptance will be demonstrated by future Animal Crossing games. Until then, regional differences and secret sex sliders like this remind us of this struggle for the LGBTQ+ community to New Horizons Items be accepted on a global scale.
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